Extractions: Known for his lean, action-packed, fast-paced writing style, Don Pendleton created the phenomenal The Executioner Series , launched in 1969 with War Against the Mafia . Later works include his Copp series featuring private investigator Joe Copp. Pendleton published more than eighty books in addition to his original thirty-eight books in The Executioner Series . Don Pendleton died in 1995. Ashes to Ashes: An Ashton Ford Novel Copp for Hire Copp in Deep (paperback) Copp in Deep (on demand) Copp in Shock (hardcover) Copp in Shock (on demand) Copp in the Dark (paperback) Copp in the Dark (on demand) Copp on Fire (hardcover) Copp on Fire (on demand) Copp on Ice (hardcover) Copp on Ice (on demand) Eye to Eye: An Ashton Ford Novel Heart to Heart: An Ashton Ford Novel Life to Life: An Ashton Ford Novel Mind to Mind: An Ashton Ford Novel ... First Time Visitors

Don Pendleton And Linda Pendleton Don Pendleton, known as the father of the Action/Adventure novel was bornin Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927, and died October 23, 1995. http://www.murderexpress.net/donpendleton/

Extractions: Don Pendleton, known as "the father of the Action/Adventure novel" was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927, and died October 23, 1995. He authored action/adventure, mystery, crime, suspense, science-fiction, nonfiction, and was a screenwriter, comic scriptwriter, poet, and metaphysical scholar. Shortly before his fifteenth birthday, Don enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. From December, 1942 to November, 1947, he served as a Radioman First Class. Following his Naval service, Don was a telegrapher for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He returned to Naval duty for two years during the Korean Conflict. In 1957, he left the Railroad and was an FAA air traffic control specialist for four years. In 1961, his career turned toward aerospace engineering and he served in management positions with the Titan I and II ICBM Project; NASA Apollo MoonShot Program; and the US Air Force C-5 Galaxy Program. Don began writing in 1957 but it was not until the age of forty that he became a full-time writer. During his career he produced more than one hundred twenty-five published books, a number of short stories and was also a poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. His books have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages with some two hundred million copies in print. After producing a number of science fiction and mystery novels, Don launched, in 1969, the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His first novel, War Against the Mafia, was followed by an additional thirty-seven sequels. In 1980, Don franchised his Executioner characters to Harlequin's Worldwide Library and they have produced more than four hundred novels based on Don's original works.

Don Pendleton Don Pendleton 19271995 Donald Eugene Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.In the Second World War he served in the US Navy as a Radioman. http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels/pendleton.htm

Extractions: Don Pendleton Donald Eugene Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the Second World War he served in the US Navy as a Radioman. After his naval service, he became a telegrapher for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1957, he left the railroad and became an air traffic control specialist till 1961. He then turned toward aerospace engineering. In 1967, Pendleton became a full-time writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym 'Stephan Gregory'. The name 'Don Pendleton' was used as a house name for a great many titles published by Gold Eagle featuring 'Mack Bolan', the Executioner. Titles and year of publication: 1) Death Squad 2) War Against the Mafia 3) Battle Mask 4) Miami Massacre 5) Assault on Soho 6) Chicago Wipeout 7) Continental Contract 8) Nightmare in New York 9) Vegas Vendetta 10) Boston Blitz 11) California Hit 12) Caribbean Kill 13) San Diego Siege 14) Washington I.O.U. 15) Panic in Philly 16) Detroit Deathwatch 17) Jersey Guns 18) New Orleans Knockout 19) Texas Storm 20) Canadian Crisis 21) Firebase Seattle 22) Hawaiian Hellground 23) St. Louis Showdown

Extractions: Minutes for the 9-apr-97 USM CUG meeting (revision 2) Changes since revision 1: - Don Cohen noted that Weston Price was requesting a new password, and that when Weston has some files, we will set up something to allow everyone access. - Clarence pointed out that CUG WebMaster is the same position as CUG home page maintainer. [ Notes: As usual, errors are probably mine. If I misquoted you, made an error of fact, or omitted anything important, please mail your corrections to me and I will issue a revised version of the minutes. Mail corrections to: best@cs.usm.maine.edu. My parenthetical comments (like this one) are enclosed in square brackets, and suffixed with my initials thus: /rdb. ] In attendance (unsorted): Richard Best Leslie Pendleton Kevin Pesce Christopher Redinger Tim Monfort Bob Pinkelman Victor Chau Clarence Pendleton Don Cohen John Raymond Julie Kapsa Harry Mason Ray McCubrey Matt Leonard Ted Swidzinski Eric Burns Weston Price Ann Brushwein Xiangdong Sun Corrigendum: There is a minor correction to the last meeting's minutes attendance list (12-mar-97): I was there; I had to be, otherwise there would be no minutes :-) We started by taking attendance. H Mason introduced the principal agenda item for the meeting: officer elections. The candidates for president were: Don Cohen, Ray McCubrey, and Tim Monfort The candidates for vice-president were: Eric Burns The candidates for secretary were: Ray McCubrey The candidates for treasurer were: Leslie Pendleton The candidates for librarian were: Weston Price Candidates for most positions gave brief speeches describing their goals for the club in the coming year, and voting ensued. Candidates for an office were asked to briefly leave the room and a hand count was taken for each elective position. The new slate of officers for '97-'98 is: President: Don Cohen Vice-President: Eric Burns Secretary: Ray McCubrey Treasurer: Leslie Pendleton Librarian: Weston Price Following the officer elections, H Mason announced who will fill several of next year's non-elective club billets: CUG WebMaster: Clarence Pendleton BSO WebMaster: Matt Leonard CUG system administrators: Leslie Pendleton (primary), Eric Burns (first backup), Harry Mason (second backup) Following elections, several brief items were raised. W Price requested a new password on the CUG machine. When Weston has some files for the librarian's account, everyone will be allowed access. L Pendleton agreed to work this issue. J Kapsa noted that there is a lecture @ UM Orono on this coming Monday, 14-apr @ 16:10 in 101 Neville Hall on 'Current Challenges to Make Chips Execute Programs Faster'. (see her distribution to all-cug and all-unix, or send to me, best@cs.usm.maine.edu for a copy). [ I'm half-inclined to drive to the Orono chip lecture on Monday. I haven't decided yet, but if anyone is interested in car pooling, let me know soon. /rdb ] R Best noted that there is a student leadership workshop scheduled for 26-apr-97 that we should nominally send 2 representatives to. (see BSO meeting minutes, 4-apr-97, previously distributed to all-cug, or request another copy from R Best via best@cs.usm.maine.edu). R Best will find out how important it is for representatives from CUG to be present at this workshop. [ Further action on deciding whether to go and who to send to this is apparently tabled until the meeting on the 23rd, although we didn't do this formally. /rdb ] At this point, the meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, /R Best

Extractions: Don Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927 and died October 23, 1995 in Arizona. He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a Comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than one hundred twenty-five books in his long career and his books have been published in more than twenty-five foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world. After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure." "Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."

Extractions: I am often asked about Don's thoughts on his writings and fictional characters. Many people who were familiar with Don's fiction are often surprised to read his nonfiction, all of which has a metaphysical and spiritual theme. What some readers of his fiction do not realize is that his fiction also has metaphysical flavor. My late husband was a metaphysical scholar and a deep thinker. He considered his Executioner books to be a study in the metaphysics of violence. In other words, the reasons for violence. What he brought to the page with his Mack Bolan character was a true heroic figure and a man with a deep spiritual commitment. Despite the violence in the books, the essence of Bolan is a dedicated man of strong moral fiber and high ideals. The books are stories of good verses evil with Bolan, of course, representing the good. Don's hard-boiled detective, Joe Copp character also reflects a man with high ideals. Don was able to explore and present more of his metaphysical ideas through his fictional character, Ashton Ford, who had the gift of psychic abilities, and even more so, in his later nonfiction books. I have put together here some of Don's comments on writing, his works, and on life. I hope this gives you a broader view of not only Don Pendleton, the writer, but of Don Pendleton, the man.